me to an author named Grace Livingston Hill, who wrote sweet, faith-filled romances. Those books touched my heart and sparked a lifelong love for happily-ever-after endings that continues in the stories that I write.
Sunni Mason, Aiden’s adoptive mom, plays matchmaker to her three sons, but I think that librarians do a little matchmaking, too! They bring books and the people who love them together. The next time you visit your local library, be sure to thank them!
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Walk in joy!
Kathryn Springer
O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good:
for his mercy endureth for ever.
—Psalms 107:1
To Kayla
For being a wonderful first reader and friend!
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At nine o’clock on Monday morning, Maddie Montgomery brewed a cup of Earl Gray tea and opened the Castle Falls Library, ready for another quiet, ordinary day.
And then someone dropped a pirate off at her door.
A slightly disheveled pirate in flannel and faded denim, wearing a rakish patch over one eye and brandishing an aluminum crutch instead of a cutlass.
Although Aiden Kane, the youngest of the three Kane brothers, somehow managed to make the slightly disheveled part look good.
Through the narrow, two-inch gap that separated the poetry section from the biographies, Maddie watched Aiden limp past the circulation desk, each strike of his crutch against the hardwood floor fracturing the peaceful silence in the room. He lurched to a stop a few feet from where she stood and lifted his head to look around.
Fortunately, the bookcases
